Rock Band Gets Alice Cooper and Taking Back Sunday

The father of Shock Rock Alice
Cooper makes his Rock Band debut; Taking Back Sunday adds three pack to the Rock
Band Music Store

Harmonix and MTV Games today
announced that iconic metal genius Alice Cooper will make his Rock Band debut
next week adding a six pack of songs to the Rock Band Music Store of
downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3. Next week’s lineup also
features a three pack of songs from hard rockers Taking Back Sunday.

Alice Cooper’s impressive résumé
spans over 40 years of rock ‘n roll history with multiple platinum albums and
chart topping hits as well as unforgettable theatrical stage performances.
Blending heavy metal, vaudeville, horror movies and garage rock, Cooper is
credited with inventing and popularizing “shock rock.” The father of shock rock
brings six of his biggest hits to the Rock Band Music Store in the “Alice Cooper
Pack 01”. Four tracks are from Cooper’s live album, Classicks from 1995: “Under
My Wheels (live),” “I’m Eighteen (live),” “Billion Dollar Babies (live)” and
“School’s Out (live).” The other two tracks are “Poison,” the lead single from
1989’s Trash and one of Cooper’s biggest hits, “Vengeance is Mine,” from his
latest offering, Along Came a Spider (2008).

Long Island based hard rock outfit
Taking Back Sunday will also make its Rock Band debut next week offering up
three of the band’s most popular hits. Deemed a consistent power player in the
alternative/emo rock scene, the “Taking Back Sunday Pack 01” includes “What’s It
Feel Like to Be a Ghost?,” “Liar” and “MakeDamnSure” from the group’s major
label debut, Louder Now (2006). Taking Back Sunday makes its Rock Band debut
ahead of the highly anticipated release of its newest album, New Again, due out
June 2, 2009.

Tracks:

Alice Cooper “Under My Wheels”
(Live)

Alice Cooper “I’m Eighteen” (Live)

Alice Cooper “Billion Dollar
Babies” (Live)

Alice Cooper “School’s Out” (Live)

Alice Cooper “Poison”

Alice Cooper “Vengeance is Mine”

Taking Back Sunday “What’s It Feel
Like to Be a Ghost?”

Taking Back Sunday “Liar”

Taking Back Sunday “MakeDamnSure”

(All tracks are original master
recordings)

Release Date:

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 (Xbox LIVE
Marketplace for Xbox 360)

Thursday, May 21, 2009
(PlayStation Store)

** Dates for Rock Band game tracks
are tentative and subject to change **